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If anyone's interested. Im planning on playing for a bit. I'm in "public
channel agd2" No one's there, not even a bot.

Im a very low level starter druid looking for some party playing. That's Europe
HC Ladder.
If im not there contact me:
/w *kingquartzhc
and we'll have some fun and maybe more...
i couldn't care less if i tried, and i will...

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back on...
i couldn't care less if i tried, and i will...

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> take it no ones playnig today then?

you might find someone later, don't forget that some people have to work.
stefan

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Heh, that's why the good lord invented law school. Or something like
that.

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> If any of you druids could give me some advice then that would be
superb!!!
>
> Thank you umbi for a couple of bits and pieces and of course the questing
help!
> Im determined to make this character work so really guys, i would love
some
> input. Especially on the merc decision and whether or not to go with a
shield
> or use a two handed weapon.
> Thanks in advance...

If you plan to play together with umbi on the long run, then best is to
arrange with him to have two different mercs, one might and one freeze. from
your comments i have read you want to play safe, which means take the freeze
merc.
And...get rid of the shield, give your wolf the big guys, a nice two-hander
with nice damage. Who else than a druid should weild those ? Best get
some crushing blow too.
Concentrate on high resists, damage reduce, on defense you won't get up to
high anyways.
Stefan

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"DaN" wrote:
> If anyone's interested. Im planning on playing for a bit. I'm
> in "public channel agd2" No one's there, not even a bot.

"public chat agd2" would be more successful. I am on holidays,
so is the bot then. From Christmas on the little blonde girl
is going to populate the channel again.

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DaN schrieb:
> yeah i had a great time playing umbi we definately have to do that again.
> Especially seeing as we are simimlar levels.
>
> I've decided to make a werewolf now. He's going very well and murders by the
> name of gingersnaps. If anyone's seen the movie then you know why. I going for
> maxed werewolf, lycanthropy, fury, feral rage and oak sage along side a might
> mercenary. I know oak sage is weak as hell and has no AI whatsoever but you can
> respawn it and it costs hardly any mana. It'll also be helping the might
> mercenary alot, and me . Of course if i wanted to be ultra safe i would go
> for a defensive mercenary and i'm really not sure why i decided against him
> seeing my record of death.
>
> If any of you druids could give me some advice then that would be superb!!!

Werewolf gives only more AR and a tiny higher attack speed at higher
levels. As attack speed in shifted form depends mainly on weapon speed,
the IAS from Werewolf is more or less useless _unless_ you are able to
gain the next IAS breakpoint. Look at the weapon speed calculator for
details: http://diablo2.ingame.de/tips/calc [...] ng=english

Max feral rage looks good on paper, but it can be a bit hard to keep it
running all the time. Remember you need to load it up with 20 hits at
slvl 20 to get the full 88% life leech. Once it runs out, you have to
start from scratch again.

Max Oak and Lycanthropy - no need to discuss the usefullness in HC.

For the merc, I really would recommend either Holy Freeze or Defiance,
preferably the last one. Why? The Might guy increases the numbers on
your char screen, right. But not too much, as slvl Fury adds already
423%. With Defiance, you get hit less often, which means less lost
frames being stuck in hit recovery, which means more damage over time.
As a Werewolf gets no boost to defense rating from skills, he can fully
benefit from the defiance aura. It only makes sense if you can get a
decent defense rating from equipment though (around 2k without defiance,
not too hard to get with a Duress or Stone or even Smoke elite armor).

> Thank you umbi for a couple of bits and pieces and of course the questing help!
> Im determined to make this character work so really guys, i would love some
> input. Especially on the merc decision and whether or not to go with a shield
> or use a two handed weapon.

Their is only one reason to use a shield for a Werewolf: resists. The
block recovery is rather slow for druids, and you won't (and shouldn't)
have enough dex to bring up the block rate high enough to be usefull.
Unless you are in big troubles to bring up the resists to at least 50%
in Hell mode (I highly recommend max resists), go for a two handed weapon.

---
Hannes

PS: if you want a Steeldriver (upgraded to exceptional, it's an awesome
mid-game weapon for a Weredruid) or a Ribcracker, just ask.